The station will continue to air "The Smashmouth Radio Network" with Scott Griffin and AL.com's Kevin Scarbinsky weekdays from 6 to 10 a.m.

The Zone is also temporarily carrying an afternoon version of "The Smashmouth Radio Network" until if fills the 3 to 6 p.m. time slot left vacant when it cancelled "The 4th Quarter" with Max Howell and Tim Melton last month.

The station hopes to hire Paul Finebaum to fill that slot. Finebaum has been in talks with The Zone and with rival WJOX 94.5 FM since his contract with WJOX owner Cumulus Media expired on Jan. 21.

The new SEC Network, which was announced last week, is also believed to be making a bid to hire Finebaum.